Ancient History Quotes

24 Ancient History quotes by 23 unique authors

Personally, my interests are ancient history and ancient civilizations. In my own life, I'd like to go to places like Easter Island. — Nicolas Cage
None of the miracles with which ancient histories are filled, occurred under scientific conditions. Observation never once contradicted, teaches us that miracles occur only in… — Ernest Renan
The creative person wants to be a know-it-all. He wants to know about all kinds of things-ancient history, nineteenth century mathematics, current manufacturing techniques, hog… — Carl Ally
You can have the most advanced and efflorescent cultures. Get your politics wrong, however, and everything stands to be swept away. This is not ancient… — Charles Krauthammer
Our family arrived in England in 1960. At that time I thought the war was ancient history. But if I think of 15 years ago… — Kazuo Ishiguro
Based on the considerations of history, ancient history, and international axioms, the logic of following up a citizen with his shadow for the purpose of… — Saddam Hussein
I suppose I felt doomed to be an artist early on because of the way I drew all over the books that I needed for… — Nancy Spero
All ancient history was written with a moral object; the ethical interest predominates almost to the exclusion of all others. — Tacitus
Oh dear, you are confusing molecular science with ancient history. — Dean Hamer
Nobody brings ancient history and archaeology to life like Adrienne Mayor. From the Russian steppes to China, and from Roman Egypt and Arabia to the… — Edith Hall
Ancient history is oddly short on incorrect omens. — Stacy Schiff
You probably won't remember me. I'm probably ancient history. I'm one of the chosen few who went ahead and fell for you. I'm out of… — Jann Arden
Is your Christianity ancient history--or current events? — Sam Shoemaker
This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging… — Azar Nafisi
What I love about the stories of the Great Migration is that this is not ancient history; this is living history. Most people of color… — Isabel Wilkerson
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction. — Martin Scorsese
We, unaccustomed to courage exiles from delight live coiled in shells of loneliness until love leaves its high holy temple and comes into our sight… — Maya Angelou
that's me. ancient history." [Poseidon to Paul] — Rick Riordan
I couldn’t miss Percy’s fifteenth birthday,” Poseidon said. “Why, if this were Sparta, Percy would be a man today!” "That’s true,” Paul said. “I used… — Rick Riordan
My platitudes don't hold their interest and I can hardly blame them for that. My real stories are all out of date. So what if… — Sara Gruen
Even men of the noblest possible moral character are extremely susceptible to the influence of the physical charms of others. Modern, no less then Ancient… — Oscar Wilde
Only with maturity did I come to appreciate my own Chinese roots: not just the food and the ancient history, but also the philosophy of… — Tess Gerritsen
My childhood was spent with dogs, and I work with dogs surrounding me. This relationship is hardly unique - man-and-dog stories date back to ancient… — David Wroblewski
The new history is really ancient history newly discovered. Journalists are taking crash courses in the blood-drenched background of Serbs, Croats, Bosnians, North Ossetians, Armenians… — Henry Grunwald

Who Wrote These Ancient History Quotes

23 authors contributed a total of 24 Ancient History Quotes as follows: